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wanted

"Wanted" Footage Ripped The Top Layer of Our Eyeballs Off

We got to see a special preview of footage from Wanted, a super-assassin movie based on a comic book by Mark Millar (creator of Marvel's Civil War series), and starring Angelina Jolie as a scary, tattooed killer. Director Timur Bekmambetov couldn't be here, but star James McAvoy was able to answer a bunch of questions. First, however, let's talk about 5-minute clip we saw, which was full of eyeball-peeling action and the only example I have ever seen on film in which there is a combination of upskirting, spicy-handed shooting, car-chasing, and head-in-thigh-pincer action. More »

7:56 PM on Fri Feb 22 2008
By Annalee Newitz
6,124 views, 15 comments

Latest by ggodo: Having never read the comic, I can safely say that I will not be whining about how unlike the comic it is when I go see it. more »

wondercon

Our Picks for WonderCon

Maybe you're heading out to annual scifi/comic book convention WonderCon in San Francisco this weekend, or maybe you're just going to be reading our coverage of it and cursing us for being lucky enough to drink shots off the stomachs of cosplayers. Either way, you might not want to wade through the entire conference program trying to figure out what to do next. That's why the dorks at io9 have whipped up this handy, slightly-annotated program for you. It's full of what we consider the highlights of the weekend, though we couldn't include ALL the cool stuff — so be sure to check over the WonderCon program yourself to make sure we haven't skipped over your favorite things. Check out our picks below. More »

3:30 PM on Wed Feb 20 2008
By Annalee Newitz
2,390 views, 23 comments

Latest by n/a: The Kristin Bell panel is for the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall with that guy from Freaks and Geeks and How I Met Your Mother. For the ones asking about Kristin Bell - she was in the show Veronica Mars, which more »

steve gerber

The Man Who Wrote Comic Books In KISS Blood

We told you that Steve Gerber passed away earlier today, but did you know the guy created the first ever Marvel Super Special in 1977, featuring the band KISS? Not just any normal KISS, but a superpowered group who encounters villains from the Marvel archives, including Doctor Doom and his tutor, Dizzie the Hun. If that wasn't weird enough, the actual members of the band mixed in drops of their blood with the printing ink for that issue, which probably horrified mothers across the country. More »

5:30 PM on Tue Feb 12 2008
By Kevin Kelly
1,485 views, 13 comments

Latest by ideaman2020: @goldfarb: Yeah, well, that's also appropriate because they appeared in HtD before the Super Special. @samuelk: Me too. My brother had/has a copy [somewhere...] more »

mark waid

io9 Discovers Mark Waid's Awesome Arsenal Of Scifi Gadgets

Mark Waid is best known for creating the Kingdom Come graphic novel with Alex Ross, but his more recent run on Brave and the Bold has been of the best comics from DC lately. He's one of the quickest people to label himself a comic book nut, and his house is full of memorabilia. He ran down to his local comic book shop to pick up the JLA Trophy Room Kryptonite set, only to find the release date was pushed back. How will he repel Superman now? We caught up with Mark at the Y: The Last Man party in Los Angeles, where he revealed to us his deepest and darkest shame as a science fiction fan. More »

1:36 PM on Mon Feb 11 2008
By Kevin Kelly
2,106 views, 9 comments

Latest by n/a: "The Matrix" was the greatest Science Fiction movie every made?" Come ON! more »

alan moore

Alan Moore Documentary Will Melt Your Eyes And Ears

You may have read Alan Moore's work in Watchmen, Swamp Thing, V For Vendetta, or The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, but do you know much about the guy behind some of the greatest comics of the turn of the millennium? AlterTube has posted a 2003 documentary about him, which you can watch after the jump. If you haven't seen or heard Moore before, you might be in for a bit of a shock. Or, he might be exactly what you were expecting. More »

8:40 AM on Fri Feb 1 2008
By Kevin Kelly
9,943 views, 22 comments

Latest by n/a: Fo the full story behind the AlterTube posting of the movie and subsequent DOS attacks, go here: [www.alterati.com] You can make up your own mind. more »

poll

What's Your Favorite Comic-Book Resurrection Tool?

Comic book characters are dropping dead right and left these days. If this keeps up, every comic book will star either Penance the Self-Mutilator or Jason Todd. Of course, we all know these dead characters will come back to life. The question is, what's the best all-purpose revolving-door resurrection tool for comics characters? Click through to vote! More »

12:30 PM on Wed Jan 30 2008
By charliejane
5,024 views, 58 comments

comic books

Seven Addictive Scifi Comic Books Free Online

It's Wednesday! Also known as New Comics Day. If you're not up for the weekly trek to pick up the latest issues, but you've been wanting to jump in on this whole comic book thing, we'll get you set up with some freebie comic books for your downloading pleasure, in an effort to further decrease your work productivity. Find out where to get the goods, including women-rule-the-world apocalypse tale Y the Last Man and super anti-hero series Doom Patrol. More »

7:00 AM on Wed Jan 16 2008
By Kevin Kelly
7,107 views, 19 comments

Latest by n/a: death to spare time! more »

2000ad

2000AD Comes to the Internet via 1993

Living up to its outdated title, British cult comic 2000AD is heading into 2008 by adopting technology equally un-new: The Adobe PDF. That's what you'll be getting if you sign up to the new downloadable version of the weekly anthology, which is like Japanese weekly comic anthology Shonen Jump except with storylines about Judge Dredd and the mutant Strontium Dog. 2000AD is also where comic book greats Grant Morrison and Alan Moore started back in the. The first PDF of the new book, the year-end Holiday Special, was designed to hook new readers with tons of "pilot episodes," but it could run into trouble. More »

6:40 AM on Fri Jan 4 2008
By grae
708 views, 10 comments

Latest by FrankenPC: Deja freakin vu! I still have a few issues hidden away in a box in my basement. I need to dig those babies out. more »

dear god no

Marvel Working On 'Power Pack' Movie

Stan Lee had a lot to talk about earlier this week when he accepted his Jules Verne Lifetime Achievement award, and one of those things was the fact that Marvel has been seriously considering doing a movie based on their Power Pack comic book. You can't chalk this one up to senility, because Lee definitely has all his marbles with him, but dear god in heaven please send a packet of smelling salts to the bigwigs over there before it's too late. More »

8:00 AM on Fri Dec 21 2007
By Kevin Kelly
929 views, 1 comment

Latest by n/a: I have been reading io9 pretty much from the start (and Gawker blogs far longer), and while there's been plenty that I've been tempted to comment upon, entropy and attention have kept me from registering to do so. This more »

afterburn

Solar Flare Divides World Into Pirates and Art Collectors

A giant solar flare hits the Earth and decimates the entire Eastern hemisphere, killing millions of people and mutating others into hideous creatures. Would you run for the hills or start trying to save the world's greatest art treasures? Most people would probably be busy building a seriously badass underground bunker rather than thinking about the fate of the Mona Lisa while avoiding mutants and marauding pirates, but the heroes of the new comic book miniseries Afterburn coming next month from Red 5 Comics. Preview panels after the jump. More »

8:30 AM on Thu Dec 20 2007
By Kevin Kelly
271 views, Comment

stan lee

Stan Lee Shouts 'Excelsior!' At io9

Stan Lee was the recipient of a much-deserved Jules Verne Lifetime Achievement Award this week, presented to him by Doug Jones (who played the Silver Surfer onscreen in the recent Fantastic Four sequel) and by Heroes creator Tim Kring and co-executive producer Jeph Loeb. It might have been a lifetime achievement award, but he certainly doesn't show any signs of slowing down at this point. The creator of The Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Iron Man, and a host of other costume-wearing comic book characters told us about his upcoming cameos in Marvel movies, and the origin of his catch phrase. More »

2:00 PM on Tue Dec 18 2007
By Kevin Kelly
171 views, Comment

rumor-o-matic

Hulk and Iron Man In Super-Movie Crossover

Despite the attempts at super top-secret security on movie sets these days (which apparently means drawing as much attention to yourself as possible and then denying everything later) news has leaked out that the Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk crews are teaming up to film a scene together. Versions of that scene will appear in both movies, but the really exciting part is which kickass actor will be in both scenes. More »

10:45 AM on Thu Dec 6 2007
By Kevin Kelly
358 views, Comment

The Joker Has Six Minutes Of Fame The first six minutes of Christopher Nolan's new Batman: The Dark Knight were screened at an IMAX theater in New York last night, and already lengthy writeups are hitting the web. People sure are getting giddy about this one.

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fictional trends

"Space Prison" Started the Whole Exiled-On-An-Alien-World Thing

What is with abandoning humans on alien planets lately? Marvel Comics started the meme last year with their Planet Hulk series, which saw the Jade Giant exiled to another planet in response to one real-estate-ruinin' rampage too many, and DC Comics have just hit back with their new Salvation Run series, in which lots of super-villains are... well, exiled to another planet in response to more than one real-estate-ruinin' rampage too many. But trust comic writer and self-styled "old bastard" Warren Ellis to point out the origin of the new hit genre. More »

6:50 AM on Mon Nov 26 2007
By grae
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Post-Apocalyptic Vampire Comic Book from Joss Whedon Never mind the WGA strikes, Hollywood has something larger to worry about - Los Angeles has been relocated to Hell. At least, that's the premise behind Angel: After The Fall, the Joss Whedon-plotted comic continuation to his Angel TV show. Following on from the apocalyptic cliffhanger conclusion to the fifth and final season, After The Fall opens months later with a brand new status quo for its familiar characters, including one of them being a ghost, another newly vampiric, and Angel himself swapping his sweet ride from car to dragon. As mentioned yesterday, the first issue goes on sale today.

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marvel comics

Marvel Comics Goes Digital, Finally

In a move designed to bring them right up to the year 2004, Marvel Comics have announced that their back catalog will be made available online. According to a report in USA Today, Marvel's library will open today with 2500 issues - interestingly enough, for online browsing only, no downloading - for those willing to pay the $9.99 per month (which drops to $4.99 monthly if you subscribe for a year) fee, with new issues to be added on a regular basis.

When asked for comment, internet-based comic fans were too busy downloading every Hulk comic ever made from Bit Torrent for free to respond. Image courtesy Marvel Entertainment.

Marvel Comics shows its marvelous colors in online archive [USA Today]

5:58 AM on Tue Nov 13 2007
By grae
66 views, Comment

superheroes

This Just In: Superheroes Not Successful Political Allegories Shocker

It isn't surprising that lots of superhero comic books have political undertones. But what may surprise is how many of them, according to The American Prospect, have conservative undertones that even the creators weren't aware of. In "The Revolt Of The Comic Books", writer Julian Sanchez argues that fighting for truth, justice and the American Way is becoming an increasingly right wing pursuit these days:
Perhaps the most interesting thing about these stories is why they fail. For as much as they seek to tease out the complexity and moral ambiguity of their themes, the authors of most of these tales clearly mean to convey a liberal or civil libertarian message... Yet when these stories go beyond leftish imitations of a previous generation's simplistic propaganda comics, the allegories tend to collapse under the weight of their own internal contradictions.


The Revolt Of The Comic Books [The American Prospect]

6:57 AM on Mon Nov 12 2007
By grae
37 views, Comment